What the records say
- When
- 22 Dec 2008
- Kind
- Mining accident
- Coordinates
- 35.91° N, 84.51° W
- Description
- 2008 environmental disaster in Roane County, Tennessee
Kingston Fossil Plant coal fly ash slurry spill
2008 environmental disaster in Tennessee, United States
The Kingston Fossil Plant Spill was an environmental and industrial disaster that occurred on December 22, 2008, when a dike ruptured at a coal ash pond at the Tennessee Valley Authority's Kingston Fossil Plant in Roane County, Tennessee, releasing 1.1 billion US gallons of coal fly ash slurry.
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